Udaipur police seize 1 lakh of old currency notes

Udaipur : Cops seized one lakh rupees of old currency notes from the possession of two youths near Mavli on Sunday. The money was in the denomination of old 500 rupees notes and the persons who were carrying it could not give a satisfactory explanation to it.

“Two men Anwar Khan and Kaloo Khan residents of Nimbahera were travelling in a car from Nathdwara. They were going towards Nimbahera and were carrying one lakh rupees with them” Labhuram, SHO Mavli police station said. When quizzed, one of the men said that the money was meant for medical treatment of his ailing mother at Nimbahera. “ When we tried to verify the claim with the help of the local police, it couldn’t be substantiated and hence we seized the cash under section 102 of the CrPC” the officer said. The men have been detained for interrogation.